Korean J Fam Med.  2016 Nov;37(6):323-328. 10.4082/kjfm.2016.37.6.323.

Validity of Alcohol Use Disorder Identification Test-Korean Revised Version for Screening Alcohol Use Disorder according to Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, Fifth Edition Criteria

• Chang JW
• Kim JS
• Jung JG
• Kim SS
• Yoon SJ
• Jang HS

• KMID: 2358749
• DOI: http://doi.org/10.4082/kjfm.2016.37.6.323

Abstract

BACKGROUND
The Alcohol Use Disorder Identification Test (AUDIT) has been widely used to identify alcohol use disorder (AUD). This study evaluated the validity of the AUDIT-Korean revised version (AUDIT-KR) for screening AUD according to Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, fifth edition (DSM-5) criteria.
METHODS
This research was conducted with 443 subjects who visited the Chungnam National University Hospital for a comprehensive medical examination. All subjects completed the demographic questionnaire and AUDIT-KR without assistance. Subjects were divided into two groups according to DSM-5 criteria: an AUD group, which included patients that fit the criteria for AUD (120 males and 21 females), and a non-AUD group, which included 146 males and 156 females that did not meet AUD criteria. The appropriate cut-off values, sensitivity, specificity, and positive and negative predictive values of the AUDIT-KR were evaluated.
RESULTS
The mean±standard deviation AUDIT-KR scores were 10.32±7.48 points in males and 3.23±4.42 points in females. The area under the receiver operating characteristic curve (95% confidence interval, CI) of the AUDIT-KR for identifying AUD was 0.884 (0.840-0.920) in males and 0.962 (0.923-0.985) in females. The optimal cut-off value of the AUDIT-KR was 10 points for males (sensitivity, 81.90%; specificity, 81.33%; positive predictive value, 77.2%; negative predictive value, 85.3%) and 5 points for females (sensitivity, 100.00%; specificity, 88.54%; positive predictive value, 52.6%; negative predictive value, 100.0%).
CONCLUSION
The AUDIT-KR has high reliability and validity for identifying AUD according to DSM-5 criteria.

Keyword

Alcohol Drinking; Surveys and Questionnaires; Drinking; Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, Fifth Edition

MeSH Terms

Alcohol Drinking
Chungcheongnam-do
Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders*
Drinking
Female
Humans
Male
Mass Screening*
Reproducibility of Results
ROC Curve
Sensitivity and Specificity
Surveys and Questionnaires